Postmark: Murder: A Caribbean Mystery / Nemesis / Murder in Mesopotamia / Appointment With Death

by Agatha Christie

This a 4-in-1 volume. It contains "A Caribbean Mystery" and "Nemesis" starring Miss Marple and "Murder in Mesopotamia" and "Appointment with Death" starring Hercule Poirot.

Genres: Agatha Christie, Mystery, Fiction

696 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1986

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Roberta Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first Miss Marple mystery. I enjoyed the twists and turns and could not guess the murderer. Murder in Mesopotamia was well written but left me wondering how a woman,no matter how self-centered, would fail to recognize her former husband even after 20 years.

[Michelle]

four murder mysteries. Appointment with Death is best

[Chris Eirschele · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Postmark: Murder by Agatha Christie is a book of four stories. Published in 1986, some of the stories were originally published much earlier.

Readers familiar with Christie's books might easily recognize the titles and may even have seen the stories on television.

They include:
Caribbean Mystery, a Miss Marple
Nemesis, a Miss Marple
Murder in Mesopotamia, a Hercule Poirot
Appointment with Death, a Hercule Poirot

Though the Miss Marple stories are separate, they actually are worth reading one after the other.

If you are an Agatha Christie fan, this book is worth delving into.

[Faith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love Agatha Christie's style of writing, her murder mysteries are so well put together and such fun to read. I don't even think I could choose a favorite of the short stories included in this book. Highly recommend!

[Suzanne Fournier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Appointment with Death - One of Christie's stories that has stuck much more clearly in my memory than many others. It had been awhile since I'd read but the horrid Buddha like image sitting in the cave entrance in Petra is so vivid in my mind.